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June 20, 2012

A New Experimental Interface for Google Search

Google tests a new search interface that replaces the left sidebar with a horizontal menu. Search tools are hidden by default, just like in the existing interface. It's interesting to notice that the experimental UI is inspired by the tablet UI.

The list of specialized search engines is placed below the search box, so it's likely that more people will notice it.

16 comments:

oh boy. this looks so freaking complicated to use the search tools. way too many clicks required to get access to those options. they really need to make use of﻿ the widescreen displays that we all have these days. what is the point of having dropdowns when you have all that space already?

Google seems to make room on the left to add the vertical, grey Google Bar already present in Google+.As you can customize this via Drag & Drop it'll be a great replacement for the black Google Bar at the top.